Herat University

Herat University
پوهنتون هرات
د هرات پوهنتون
MottoHerat University as a preeminent University in Afghanistan
TypePublic
Established1988
PresidentProf. Dr. Abdullah Faiz
Academic staff
409
Students10,730
Undergraduates6,246
Location, ,
34°22′08″N 62°12′43″E / 34.3690°N 62.2120°E / 34.3690; 62.2120
CampusUrban
ColorsBlack, red, and green    
Websitehu.edu.af/en

Herat University (HU; Persian: پوهنتون هرات; Pashto: د هرات پوهنتون) is a public university located in Herat, the capital of Herat Province, in western Afghanistan. It was inaugurated in 1988, beginning with a faculty of Literature and Humanities. The first President was Abubakr Rashed. The university has 14 faculties and 45 departments. The most popular field of study is Education/Pedagogy and around one-third of the university's 10,500 students are women.

In recent years, Herat University could manage and maintained relations of cooperation with a number of foreign Universities such as United States, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Slovakia, Iran, India and Indonesia. As a result of this cooperation teaching curriculum in faculties of Computer Science, Science, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Medicine, Religious and Islamic and Journalism and mass communication has been partial or totally amended and syllabi and textbooks are prepared as well.

In 2022, after the Taliban takeover of Herat Province, women were banned from attending universities and any classes in universities, which has drastically affected Herat University, one of Afghanistan's largest universities.